This week's edition includes major project legislation, salmon protection, pipelines, Treaty Land Entitlement agreements, and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news headlines featured major projects, economic reconciliation and child welfare litigation
Carney’s Bill C-39 overhauls environmental reviews and Indigenous consultation | The Narwhal
First Nations along Pacific Link route denounce lack of consultation | APTN News
Canada's economic reconciliation plan is not working say critics | APTN News
Legal battles mount over the off-reserve Millennium Scoop | CBC News
Residential school denialism and salmon protection topped the news in BC
In Tk̓emlúps, community gathers to ‘reclaim our space’ and denounce white nationalism | Indiginews
Hupačasath Nation Boots Salmon Farm Hatchery off Its Territory | The Tyee
In the Yukon, environmental remediation and government-to-government relations took the spotlight
Clean-up almost done at abandoned mine site on First Nation settlement land in Yukon | CBC News
First Nations, Territory sign joint declaration at Yukon Forum | Yukon News
An upcoming referendum and a proposed pipeline project were front and centre in Alberta
‘Silence could be consent’: Alberta First Nations push to get out vote for referendum | Global News
Mayors, First Nations chiefs in Alberta's oilsands region react tentatively to West Coast pipeline designation | CBC News
The 2026 Dene National Assembly was a top story in the Northwest Territories
Dene Nation passes resolutions on education, homelessness, medical travel | Cabin Radio
Dene chiefs continue call for major projects participation, benefits | Cabin Radio
In Saskatchewan, Treaty Land Entitlement agreements made headlines
Saskatchewan approves Crown mineral rights transfers for three First Nations | MBC Radio
Moose harvesting continues to make the news in Manitoba
Manitoba’s handling of moose hunting 'infringes' rights: court docs | APTN News
Ontario news featured a court hearing, environmental contamination, and emergency support
Bruce Peninsula land claim hearing considers return of land remedy | Owen Sound Sun-Times
‘We shouldn't have to beg,’ says chief of First Nation facing decades of mercury poisoning in Ontario | CBC News
First Nation chiefs in northern Ontario rally around Neskantaga amid ongoing evacuation | CBC News
Separatism, and provincial politics were the top headlines in Quebec
Indigenous leaders remind Quebec: you can't legally separate without our say | CBC News
'It's like nobody cares': Indigenous leaders say their issues took a back seat this election | CBC News
In Nova Scotia, pushback on major projects and a class action lawsuit made the news
Mi'kmaq communities push back on Nova Scotia gas plants | The Narwhal
Pictou Landing members reach tentative settlement in class action | APTN News
CLIENTS IN THE NEWS
Kebaowek First Nation announced it will withhold its free, prior, and informed consent for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories' proposed Near Surface Disposal Facility at Chalk River. First Peoples Law is honoured to work with Kebaowek First Nation on this important issue
Kebaowek Nation pulls out of nuclear consultations, saying other parties failed | APTN News
Kebaowek First Nation Withholds Free, Prior and Informed Consent on Nuclear Waste Facility in Chalk River | Raven Trust
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
We don’t want more than what we have. We just want to maintain what is there. Why should somebody else come in (and) destroy it? They leave a mess. They get to go home, but this is our home. We live here. (Carney) does not.
- Chief Na’Moks, Wet'suwet'en Nation
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
This world does not belong to you; you are merely borrowing it from the coming faces.
- Alicia Elliott, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground(2019)
